What is the population of Suzhou?
Suzhou has a city population of 1,647,642. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Suzhou
The fourth-largest city in Anhui, Suzhou has a population of 1,647,642. It sits 699 km from Beijing and lies at low elevation, 34 m above sea level. Huaibei, a city of 1,113,321 people, is 41 km away; Tongshan (329,661) lies 63 km distant.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#4of 35
Elevation
34 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
33.636, 116.979
Record updated
2024-03-26
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 2,091 in ChinaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Suzhou | 1.65M |
Suzhou Population FAQ
Where is Suzhou?
Suzhou is in Anhui, China, 699 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 33.636, 116.979.
How big is Suzhou compared with other cities in China?
It is the 88th largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.1% of the national population.